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RUBIN.

'Shawl-Strap.

No. 228,942. Patented June-15,1880.

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shawl-strap as applied to a package.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX EUBIN, oE-NEw YORK, N. Y., Assicnon To MARX a son, on SAME PLAGE.

SHAWL-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 228,942, dated June 15, 1880. Application filed February 19, 1880.

,To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that l, MAX RUBIN, of New York, in the county of N ew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lShawl-Straps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of shawl-straps.

The object of my invention is to furnish an improved shawl-strap which shall be simple and economical in construction and convenient in use, clamping a shawl or other package tightly by the rotation horizontally of the handle; and with these ends in view myinvention consists of a single handle secured to a vertical slotted shank adapted to receive a looped strap, and having its bearings in two parallel bars connected at their ends by round posts or rods, the lower bar being slotted to permit the movement of the strap, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that those skilled may understand the construction and operation of my improved shawl-strap, Iwill proceed to describe the same, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved Fi 2 is a central cross-section ofthe handle nd strap 5 and Fig. 3, a bottom view, showing the lower bar with the looped ends of the strap spread apart.

Similar letters indicate like parts in the several gures.

A is the handle, which is secured centrally to a shank, B, the upper and lower ends of which are round and have their bearings in two parallel bars, C C. rIhe central portion of the shank B is extended laterally to form shoulders for the bars C C to rest upon, and it has a longitudinal slot, a, adapted to receive the double strap D. The parallel bars C C are secured together and so as to confine the shank B in place by two end posts or round bars, E E, which are riveted in place. They are inclined, as shown, to properly and smoothly lead the ends of the strap to and through slots or openings b, near the ends of the lower bar, C', as will be obvious by an inspection of Fig. l. The ends ofthe bars GU are curved upwardly more or less, according to the inclination of the posts E. A suitable U-shaped or other catch, F, is arranged on the upper bar, C, and adapted to lock the handle A against rotation. The strap D has its ends fastened together. It is then doubled and passed through the slot a in the central portion of the shank B, the opposite ends being carried around and over the posts E, thence down vertically through the slots bin the bottom bar, C', and rings or links G are passed through the looped ends of the strap and secured, to

prevent the en ds from bein g accidentally drawn back through the slots b ot' the bar C.

In using my Vimproved device the rings G are grasped after the catch F has been released, and the ends of the strap are drawn down vertically, unwindingitself from the spindle or shank B. The looped ends are then opened or spread apart, and the shawl or other package H is introduced, as clearly seen at Fig. l, when the handle A is rotated and the strap tightened by winding the same around the shank B, and confining the package between the loops of the strap and the under side of the lower bar, G; and when either end of i the handle is in line with the catch or lock F it is turned up to secure it against return rotary movement.

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to provide a horizontally-rotating shaft with a double handle and catch, and that, likewise, it is not new, broadly, to use a single vertically-arranged shaft adapted to receive or coil up the strap, and do not therefore wish to be understood as laying any claim thereto, the gist of my invention restingin the idea of locating the vertical shaft within parallel bars connected at their ends by posts so inclined as to change the direction of draft on the strap from a horizontal to a vertical line.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t, is,-

1. A shawl-strap tightener composed of a E, the strap D, doubled and arranged in place,

horizontally-rotating handle secured to a Versubstantially as hereinbefore set forth. ro

tical shank, having a central strap-slot and Witness my hand this 16th day of February, secured between twoparallel bars, having their A. D. 1880.

5 ends connected by inclined strapguidin g posts, MAX RUBIN.

substantially as hereinbefore set forth. In preseneeof- 2. In combination with the rotary handle, S. VAN ZANDT,

with its slotted shank, the bars C G', and posts E. MARX. 

